Questions tagged [versions]
Versions are sequence-based states of softwares, usually, they increment based on significant changes like bug fixes, implementation of new functionality or changes in the existing program.
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Downloading a specific version of google-chrome-stable from dl.google.com
Based on Sandi's response in the post on the link below, is there a way I can see all the versions that are available whether it is CentOS,Ubuntu, etc? For example if I'm looking for a specific ...
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Can I install, and which version Ubuntu on an apple computer? [duplicate]
This is the version of MacOS I have:
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Switching between installed versions of Imagemagick
I've inherited management of an Ubuntu system running 22.04. I recently upgraded Imagemagick as part of a apt-get upgrade batch, but there was another version of Imagemagick already installed (I'm not ...
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How to avoid apps upgrading with snap [duplicate]
I'm trying to "pin" my current Blender version. My hardware is a bit old to run Blender 4.0 so I aimed to use the LTS version of it (which is now at version 3.x).
I know this is possible to ...
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What version of Ubuntu should i install on a old computer that is supposed to run Windows Vista? [duplicate]
I have a computer that used to run Windows Vista Business Version, but it currently runs Windows 10. I want to install ubuntu on it, but I dont know which version to install. Also, I am extremely new ...
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Check Ubuntu version history
How can I check which versions on Ubuntu were previously installed on a system that has had multiple upgrades? Like if it's on Ubuntu 22.04 now but has previously been on 18.04, 16.04, 14.04, 12.04, ...
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What does -14-generic stand for when I run the command uname -r in my Ubuntu system?
I'm on an Ubuntu 22.04 x86_64 system and when I run the command "uname -r" I get :
6.5.0-14-generic
I'm guessing my Ubuntu is based on the kernel version 6.5.0 but I don't understand that -...
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How to install Node JS latest version on Ubuntu 22.04?
Now, the latest version of Node is 20.11.0. However, every time I tried to install Node, it installed the 12.22.9 version.
This commands is not working, every time it installed the same version 12.22....
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Offline updating various Ubuntu versions
If I am looking to provide an offline update for several Ubuntu Linux devices using varying Ubuntu versions, how can I use one update file to standardize them all to the latest release?
I've seen that ...
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Debian package version comparing explanation
I'm a bit confused about the Debian package version orders.
Take a look at the following two Debian package versions, how come the first is <= than the second?
0-emacs-29.1.90~202401142128~...
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How to set pin-1 for Python in Ubuntu 22?
I tried to install pharokka on Ubuntu 22.04. I first tried with conda, as suggested, then mamba, again as suggested. But the installation did not go through. I tried to install from source but I need ...
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Version issues while installing node packages
I'm trying to install mongoose. I have rechecked my node and NPM versions and they are LTS versions. I have tried to use nvm use --lts too. But still I'm facing this issue which I attached below.
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How to install Ubuntu on a Chromebook with 16 gb internal storage? [duplicate]
I want to install Ubuntu in my chromebook (Dell Chromebook 11 3120) but I don't known which version will work properly due to its limited internal storage (The Ubuntu system requirements says that at ...
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where to download Ubuntu 18.04? [closed]
I want to download Ubuntu 18.04-standard 18.04.1-1_amd64.tar.gz that can be install in proxmox.
I cannot find where to download. Pls help.
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Is there a document specification for formatting the version query output of an application
I'm aware that some recommended standards for Linux package development exist. For example, according to Debian standards, service users and groups should begin with an underscore.
Is there a standard ...
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GNU compiler below the required version
I'm obtaining this error message: GNU 7.5.0 compiler is below the minimum required version 8.0.0
even though when I type "sudo apt install gcc-8 g++-8", I obtain an output saying that gcc 8 ...
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How can i resolve GNU GRUB version 2.06 starting error [duplicate]
My lenovo laptop didn't open after trying restarting. Am not well enough to use laptop, so i know nothing about it. So anyone know about it please help me to resolve the problem enter image ...
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Is there a good apt syntax for installing an approximate package version?
Sometimes I don't immediately know the full package version details, but I do know which major.minor version I'm after-
For example, say I have package foo-package with several versions of debs ...
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My Ubuntu machine is just showing a black screen or just loading. this happened before and an system reboot was done, any ideas on what the issue is? [duplicate]
I have already performed a system reboot, when i tried to do it for a second time it didnt work
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Thunderbird 'Non overridable TLS error occured. ... TLS vers. cert. used by server ... incompatible.'
I'm new to this, not changed anything on my machine for years. Last week had online banking security threat and advised I must check antivirus and do full system scan.
Today installed ClamTk and run a ...
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How to ensure compatibility between the kernel version and the livepatching with Package Profiles in Landscape?
I would like to create a package profile to ensure the kernel version is supported for livepatching with the package conflict functionality in Ubuntu Landscape.
According to the documentation, on ...
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Solve multiple installation of LibreOffice
after a routine update of Ubuntu 22 I now have multiple versions of LibreOffice (7.3.7.2 and 7.5.1.2).
Is it possible to merge the two (as to keep the plugins I placed in 7.3 but not present in the ...
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Cant boot up my pc bc GNU GRUB
So my pc saying when 7 boot
GNU GRUB version 2.06
Minimal BASH-like line editing is supported. For the first word, TAB lists possible command completions. Anywhere else TAB lists possible device or ...
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How do I see the versions that apt upgrade wants to use [duplicate]
When running apt upgrade I see a list of packages that will be upgraded. However, I would like to see the versions that would be upgraded, similar as it happens when using conda upgrade or pip x --...
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python -v and python3 -V gives different version in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
python -V gives output as:
python3.11.1
python3 -V gives output as:
python3.10.6.
What does this mean? Which version is my Ubuntu 22.04 using by default?
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Ubuntu 22.04 missing /proc/version_signature
I run Ubuntu 22.04 on a Dell Latitude E7440
sudo pro status
WARNING:root:failed to process /proc/version_signature.
SERVICE ENTITLED STATUS DESCRIPTION
esm-apps yes enabled ...
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How do you keep your Ubuntu Desktop machine updated with the last stable upgrades? (OS version, kernel, packages) [duplicate]
Following my previous post: How do i make my Intel GPU (9a78 rev 01) compatible
I decided to create a different post since it got a different plot twist.
It started with my machine not knowing about ...
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How to revert Firefox
A recent update to Firefox has made my profiles unusable, and they were already indecipherable. So I want to revert to a previous version and create readable backups of my bookmarks, and take note of ...
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Ubuntu offline updates using apt-offline
When I'm installing apt-offline using sudo apt install apt-offline command it installs apt-offline version 1.8.4-1 (the latest, as I understand)
When trying to create a signature file using command ...
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How do I set openssl installed via apt as default openssl?
when I execute :
sudo apt install openssl
It shows :
openssl is already the newest version (3.0.2-0ubuntu1.7)
But querying openssl version via openssl version shows :
OpenSSL 1.1.1o 3 May 2022
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Linux Kernel version confusion
I want to upgrade my Linux Kernel to 6.0.6 as mentioned on this site that this is the most stable release right now. I am downloading Kernel from this site.
Kernel Version on this site are like this.
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Older version showing on the login screen even after upgrade
I just upgraded from Ubuntu 22.04 to 22.10, first via the graphical Software Updater application (when it prompted me on its own for an upgrade to 22.10), and next via sudo apt-get update && ...
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Is there any way to see what kernel version originally Ubuntu has been released without installing the image?
Currently Ubuntu 22.04 server has been released in April 21, 2022. Now there is an update: Ubuntu 22.04.1. I would like to know if there is a way or website for checking the original/exact kernel ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, nginx version [duplicate]
I am a bit surprised by the version of nginx which comes with the new LTS version of Ubuntu.
Why is it only the 1.18 version for Ubuntu 22.04, it's the same version of Ubuntu 20.04 LTS?
Is there any ...
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Ubuntu Minimal Version Install [duplicate]
Can anyone provide a valid link or website to download a minimal version of Ubuntu?
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I need the mysql package 8.0.29, current is 8.0.30
is there a way to download older packages? I would need the one above for a db recovery.
Kind reegards,
Jens
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For which Ubuntu versions is clangd suitable?
Trying to install a clangd on Ubuntu18.04:
sudo apt-get install clangd
I get an error:
E: Unable to locate package clangd
On another Ubuntu 18.04, everything works and the installation goes through, ...
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lto1: fatal error generated with LTO version 11.0 instead of the expected 11.2
I'm trying to install many packages (phagorn, phytools...) on recently updated RStudio and Ubuntu 22. It seems that some dependencies are needed, as igraph but when trying to install it, I got the ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 desktop install fails to complete
I downloaded the 22.04 AMD 64bit iso file and it matched the expected shasum value, passing the validation. I burned a dvd disk and attempted the installation.
It failed to complete the install with a ...
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Ubuntu 22.04, internal error by starting the torbrowser
despite of two solutions proposed
Tor Browser not launching on Ubuntu 22.04
and
https://github.com/micahflee/torbrowser-launcher/issues/636
It doesn't work. I changed the init.py file according to the ...
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How to link to different version of a shared object (.so) on different version of Ubuntu?
I have developed a program which links to ncurses-dev and I made a .deb installer for it.
On Ubuntu 18, my main binary links to libncurses.so.5, but on Ubuntu 20, libncurses.so.6 exists instead of ...
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Why libudev version ubuntu3.1 doesn't exist?
Recently (about a week ago) I installed Kubuntu 22.04 to my both machines (laptop and pc).
Everything went fine till I noticed that I need to compile software and I cannot find libudev-dev package, ...
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Is Ubuntu 22.04 stable? [closed]
I have previous experience with Linux, but I am new to Ubuntu. I am planning on installing Ubuntu on my personal computer, and I was wondering which version I should install. On the Ubuntu website, ...
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What is the significance of Ubuntu version numbers?
I don't understand the significance of Ubuntu version numbers, especially the last portion (ex. ".4")
On the Ubuntu download page, there are the following options:
Standard support
LTS ...
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Pairing versions of CUDA and cuDNN
The cuDNN archive specifies a CUDA version for every cuDNN version. For example, there are 4 types of cuDNN v7.5.1 for CUDA 9.0, 9.2, 10.0 and 10.1. Are these pairings strict? Can I for example, use ...
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Unable to find a version for the package "libc6"
After installing the newest Ubuntu version (22.04) Rstudio is not working any more. I found online, that installing an earlier libc6 version is supposed to help. I tried with
sudo aptitude install ...
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How to specify os version when installing NVIDIA Container Toolkit
I am trying to install the NVIDIA Container Toolkit. The command to set up the repository and specify the GPG key is:
distribution=$(. /etc/os-release;echo $ID$VERSION_ID) \
&& curl -...
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Create Ubuntu ISO identical to Docker Hub image of Ubuntu
I developed a program working inside a docker container to be independent of my personal devices' libraries. Now I would like to setup a real computer from scratch to use it to run my program (and ...
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How to go back from HWE (5.13) to GA (5.4) kernel in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS?
I have a software package running on Ubuntu 20.04.4 that requires a version 5.4 kernel. The kernel I've been running was 5.13. I figured out how to install a version 5.4.0-107, which was the latest ...
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How long does it generally take new releases to make it onto the snap network?
3 days ago PHPStorm posted that the newest major release is available, 2022.1: https://blog.jetbrains.com/phpstorm/2022/04/phpstorm-2022-1-release/
As an ubuntu user, my PHPStorm is managed by snapd. ...